Word: men
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...broadly he has considered his subject. Undoubtedly, incalculably strong tendencies to health or disease are inherited by all of us; but, on the other hand, every one has within his reach the power to better his form and development. It is owing to this, that thus far English college men have beaten us in almost everything. The average of their health is better, and it is therefore natural that their best men should be better than ours. But Mr. Blaikie's book is not intended as a manual for athletes only; far from it. It is addressed to the student...
...average age of the Senior class at Yale is 22 years 6 months. It is the oldest class, with the exception of '71 and '78, of which there is any record. As far as can be ascertained the choice for professions is as follows: Lawyers, 49; Business men, 14; Doctors, 13; Literary men, 10; Ministers, 9; Journalists, 5; Devoted to literature, pure and undefiled, 1; Engineer, 1; Opera-singer, 1; Bar-keeper, 1; Tramp...
...panting hearts of men, and passion-kissed...
Early in the afternoon the crowd began to collect on the shores of the lake, and by 5 o'clock about two thousand people had assembled. There were about sixty or eighty Harvard men present, and Yale men were conspicuous chiefly by their absence. At 5.05 P. M. the signal was given for the contestants to appear. Livingstone was soon seen pushing off from the float of the Quinsigamond Boat Club, and only a few minutes elapsed before the Harvard representative pulled up from O'Leary's boat-house and took his position at the start. Livingstone had the choice...
...Quinsigamond Boat Club acted as referee, Messrs. Walter Trimble and Edmund L. Baylies as judges for Goddard, and Messrs. Herman Livingstone and Charles F. Aldrich as judges for Livingstone. Thanks are due to the officers of the Quinsigamond Boat Club for the hospitality extended to all Harvard men who were present, and for the orderly and judicious management of the race. At the Quinsigamond boat-house Goddard was presented with an elegant silver cup, which he accepted, saying that he had been working for it for the last week, and not, as was reported, that he had been expecting...